Eblen Intermediate School

With this school a commitment was made to student health, energy efficiency and state of the art technology to raise the bar for educational facilities in Buncombe County.  Roof monitors provide daylighting for every classroom. Passive solar collectors provide heat for kitchen hot water. Roof water is stored for site irrigation and gardens. The building teaches energy efficient strategies to current and future generations.  A sense of discovery is fostered in the design of this school, including a representation of the planets, the Pythagorean theory at a very large scale, sun dial on the south wall and a collector that indicates plainly in the building interior the arrival of the equinox in March and September. In addition to traditional recreational space, Eblen extends their programs onto the campus into outdoor classrooms that include outdoor art display, garden classrooms, amphitheatre and dual classrooms that straddle the “western hemisphere” engraved in the main entry concrete.